There's a craze going on with glassware specifically about glass jars for preserving foods for jams, juices, etc. and so I've decided to shoot some and try to ride the band wagon.
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"Ball MASON" jar |
These transparent objects looks easy to shoot but I learned that it is really tricky specially when shot on a white background. They'll either blend into the background or reflect light if they're shiny.
The above jar has a lot of decors on the glass making it hard to isolate the written words "Ball MASON" that I like to highlight. I have tried several lighting setup using two speedlites only and lots of black and white card boards. The above photo is so far the best setup that I did.
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BTS for "Ball MASON" jar |
A little behind the scenes of the jar shot. The jar photo at the top is almost straight out of the camera image. I did some WB (White Balance) correction and some sharpening. I was shooting on our dining table by the way and the white background is a styrofoam.
I reused the same setup on the next following images but varying the front light's power.
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Drinking Glass |
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Sauce Container |
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Ice Cream Cup |
The lighting setup didn't change except for the glassware. About 80-85% of the shots were test shots for the jar shot. I managed to shoot a total of about 110 images including one non-glass subject which I gulped during the post-processing of the images and I ended up with these posted images.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPIwoXQROoYU4WZ7ixes4VudTWexoyjf17nJGMIwqG5HlCb0Evxs16ZJHM8z5vW2zysSfPWz8Rl9NHfsluTW3dowwML19oz_ZQfh2SouIGzo_Qdd-BsaBEWifYoJEW9sgno63mQUv80mp/s1600/IMG_0483.JPG) |
"Mountain Dew" - My Fuel |
I slightly changed the lighting setup on the "Mountain Dew" shot by making the lights closer to the subject.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwOwzKhwIWzoxnK5Ps_1MSLuXLNco4Z_6l-uaIcyPZb7immTqZxNYUMOkJj7QQV_mIzZ46cv91Qg-azvwsUIBWkC7zIRK1PfxaCas_aPeGwoXci78xQoFClpDifAT3AvRk0P_xfPzVubBN/s1600/20140607_234357.jpg) |
BTS for Sauce Container |
Just another behind the scene.
There goes my Project Glassware. Looking forward for another session.
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